buidéal

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish buidél,[1] from Old French botele, from Late Latin butticula, a diminutive of buttis (cask), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (to swell).

Pronunciation

Noun

buidéal m (genitive singular buidéil, nominative plural buidéil)

  1. bottle

Declension

Declension of buidéal (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative buidéal buidéil
vocative a bhuidéil a bhuidéala
genitive buidéil buidéal
dative buidéal buidéil
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an buidéal na buidéil
genitive an bhuidéil na mbuidéal
dative leis an mbuidéal
don bhuidéal
leis na buidéil

Derived terms

  • buidéal naigín
  • buidéal te
  • buidéalaí
  • buidéalaigh
  • chomh díonmhar le buidéal
  • fiabhuidéal
  • meábhuidéal
  • niteoir buidéal
  • píopaire buidéil
  • raca buidéal
  • scóig buidéil
  • scrogall buidéil
  • úth buidéil

Mutation

Mutated forms of buidéal
radical lenition eclipsis
buidéal bhuidéal mbuidéal

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “buidéal”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 137; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “buidéal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN